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MassachusettsGangs blamed for black teen murder rate (Boston, MA):
Gang-related murders are among the hardest in the city to solve, said police Commissioner Ed Davis, explaining why Boston Police identify a suspect in only one out of three murder cases when a black teenager is the victim.
Source: Boston Herald
Date: February 1, 2007http://news.bostonherald.com/...

TexasWanted: Help against gangs, guns. Reward: You bet (Corpus Christi, TX):
Corpus Christi police launched a new campaign Wednesday targeting gang members with guns by offering cash rewards of as much as $500 for anonymous tips.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Date: February 1, 2007http://www.caller.com/...

New JerseyState, federal authorities round up suspected Bloods gang members (Trenton, NJ):
State and federal agents rounded up 17 members of the Bloods street gang in a series of raids Thursday that began before dawn and spanned three New Jersey counties and Bucks County in Pennsylvania.
Source: Newsday
Date: February 1, 2007http://www.newsday.com/...

OklahomaTroubling signs: Juvenile probation official says gang activity increasing in county communities (Mustang, OK):
Gang activity is on the rise in the Mustang-Yukon area, a juvenile probation officer told Canadian County parents at a recent meeting.
Source: Mustang News
Date: February 1, 2007http://www.mustangnews.info/...

IllinoisAnti-gang legislation proposed by new lawmakers (Chicago, IL):
Street gangs are reaching out on the Internet and into suburban schools to recruit new leaders, state leaders said. Now, two suburban lawmakers are fighting back.
Source: Daily Herald
Date: February 1, 2007http://www.dailyherald.com/...

New JerseyLibrary program warns of dangers of street gangs (Ocean County, NJ):
Video clips of gang members committing acts of violence; the sounds of proviolence and prohate rap lyrics and white supremacist chants and photos of stitched up bullet wounds, bloody faces and youth donning gang colors, throwing up gang signs and playing with weapons were all shown at the Stafford Branch of the Ocean County Library last week.
Source: Ocean County Observer
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.timesbeacon.com/...

New YorkHigh gang alert after an arrest (New York, NY):
Police were guarding against an outbreak of violence in the Rockaways last night after the arrest of a man in a December murder linked to the area's continuing gang war, police sources said.
Source: Newsday
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.newsday.com/...

PennsylvaniaDrug sweep nets 15 arrests (Patton Township, PA):
Fifteen people from Centre and Clinton counties accused of running a $2 million ring distributing bulk quantities of cocaine and heroin were arrested early Tuesday by state and local law enforcement agencies.
Source: Bradenton Herald
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.bradenton.com/...

New YorkThree arrested on gang assault charges (Kingsbury, NY):
Three men were arrested on a gang assault charges Tuesday night after they allegedly attacked a man who was dating an ex-girlfriend of one of the attackers, police said.
Source: The Post-Star
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.poststar.com/...

TexasVisiting judge extends gang injunction (Wichita Falls, TX):
The temporary injunction prohibiting some gang-related activities in parts of Wichita Falls has been extended, according to information from the Wichita Falls Police Department.
Source: Times Record News
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.timesrecordnews.com/...

New YorkSenator proposes strong medicine for gang violence (New York):
Gang violence is "spreading like a virus", said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, during a news conference Wednesday.
Source: Empire State News
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.empirestatenews.net/...

New JerseyCops: He's the Blood who pulled trigger in woman's death (Jersey City, NJ):
A third man has been arrested in connection with the weekend slaying of a 39-year-old Jersey City woman who authorities believe was hit with a bullet intended for her son.
Source: The Jersey Journal
Date: January 31, 2007http://www.nj.com/...

Rhode IslandMan, boy charged in gang slaying (Providence, RI):
Some local gang members have been fuming for months, angered by incidents of vandalism to cars, gunshots being fired into houses and physical assaults, the police said yesterday.
Source: The Providence Journal
Date: January 30, 2007http://www.projo.com/...

District of ColumbiaGang fighters get help (Washington, DC):
Responding to a crescendo of gang violence in Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities, the Department of Justice plans to inject $200 million into local anti-crime programs.
Source: The Daily News of Los Angeles
Date: January 30, 2007http://www.dailynews.com/...

CaliforniaGang-injunction violators may serve full jail terms (Los Angeles, CA):
Three members of the Blythe Street gang, convicted of violating a gang injunction, may become the first required to serve their full jail sentences under a new proposal aimed at cracking down on street gangs in Los Angeles, prosecutors said today.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: January 30, 2007http://www.latimes.com/...

CaliforniaA violent weekend in Salinas (Salinas, CA):
An 18-year-old shot in the head during a drive-by shooting. A 39-year-old man stabbed in the stomach. A 24-year-old man at an alcohol recovery facility wounded in the leg and the abdomen by gunfire.
Source: Monterey County Herald
Date: January 30, 2007http://www.montereyherald.com/...

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